| 20040717 | 17/07/2004 | Co-op’s cruelty free stance sets standard | Co-op News | 2 | The Co-operative Group, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) | 
              
          | 20040724 | 24/07/2004 | Corporate responsibility Co-op Group’s priority | Co-op News | 2 | green energy, The Co-operative Group, Corporate Responsibility Report, Martin Beaumont | 
              
          | 20040724 | 24/07/2004 | Co-op Group acquire pharmacy | Co-op News | 4 | The Co-operative Group, Claremont Pharmacy – Bath | 
              
          | 20040731 | 31/07/2004 | POSTBAG: Membership is more than a numbers game | Colin Richell | 10 | Woodcraft Folk, Dividend, The Co-operative Group, Lincoln Society | 
              
          | 20040807 | 07/08/2004 | Group acts to reduce waste | Co-op News | 1 | plastic bread wrappers, , The Co-operative Group, bio-degradable materials,  , 'shopping with attitude',   , Christine Clark | 
              
          | 20040807 | 07/08/2004 | Co-op backing for beer festival | Co-op News | 4 | Great British Beer Festival, The Co-operative Group, Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) | 
              
          | 20040807 | 07/08/2004 | Group appoints marketing chief | Co-op News | 5 | Martin Beaumont, Zoë Morgan, The Co-operative Group, HBOS | 
              
          | 20040814 | 14/08/2004 | A cultural change to tackle binge drinking | Ben Yeo | 11 | National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy, The Co-operative Group, Portman Group, Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG),  David Blunkett | 
              
          | 20040821 | 21/08/2004 | Dairy co-op buys ACC for £75m | Co-op News | 1 | Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB), Martin Beaumont, The Co-operative Group, Associated Co-operative Creameries (ACC), Malcolm Smith | 
              
          | 20040828 | 28/08/2004 | POSTBAG: Learn from Europe's co-ops | Doug Northcott | 10 | Ray Henderson, The Co-operative Group, nodding donkey directors, Associated Co-operative Creameries (ACC) |